The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Group of Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Identified, left to right: SX9430 (4265) Sergeant James William John Stiggants of the 8th Division Ammunition Sub Park , 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park; 404493 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Bill Belford; 402886 Flt Sgt John Malcolm (Johnnie) Souter; Flt Sgt Alex Ross; Flt Sgt Tom King (all RAAF). This is one of a series of images from negative numbers 045139 to 045157 taken with a camera borrowed by SX10653 Warrant Officer Class 2 Sydney George (Syd) Barber, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, following his release from captivity. The camera belonged to the darkroom of the British escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Speaker. Between 26 September 1945 and mid October 1945, HMS Speaker made a voyage from Nagasaki to Manila repatriating Australian POWs from prison camps in Japan.
Portrait of SX9430 (4265) Sergeant James William John Stiggants of the 8th Division Ammunition Sub Park on board HMS Speaker after his release from captivity as a Prisoner of War. Images from negative
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Shown on deck is SX9430 (4265) Sergeant James William John Stiggants of the 8th Division Ammunition Sub P
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Shown on deck is SX9430 (4265) Sergeant James William John Stiggants of the 8th Division Ammunition Sub Pa
Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. On left is SX9430 (4265) Sergeant James William John Stiggants and on the right is SX10653 (485) Warrant
Group of Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. Identified is, left to right: SX6028 Private (Pte) Samuel (Sam) McDowall; SX9430 (4265) Sergeant
Portrait of 404493 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Bill Belford, RAAF, one of a group of Australian Prisoners of War (POWs) leaving Japan aboard HMS Speaker after the end of the war. This is one of a serie
